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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 28, 2011
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'Green' walls: Utilizing plants to create vertical vegetable "gardens"
They filter air and water, soak up carbon dioxide and help lessen the "heat island" effect of urban areas.
They filter air and water, soak up carbon dioxide and help lessen the "heat island" effect of urban areas.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 6, 2011
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Do urban trees really help reduce pollution and clean the air?
Researchers have found that city trees do indeed perform important environmental functions like soaking up ground-level pollutants and storing carbon dioxide, which helps offset global warming.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 28, 2011
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EarthTalk: Are natural gas's eco-benefits overstated?
A 2007 life-cycle analysis of natural gas production, distribution and consumption found that when one factors in the total emissions associated with not only the end use of natural gas but also its extraction and distribution, it doesn't seem so much cleaner than coal after all.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 23, 2011
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Reduce greenhouse gases by eating insects?
Researchers have been comparing the greenhouse gas emissions of cattle and pigs to that of five species of insects.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jul 5, 2010
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Ride carbon-free and get biking directions on Google Maps
It lists color-coded routes depending on if it's directing you to a bike path, a street with bike lanes, etc.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 6, 2010
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Are carbon dioxide-capturing, artificial trees the way of the future?
Klaus Lackner is working with Global Research Technologies to create a prototype of an artificial tree that can remove up to 10 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 28, 2010
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DIY countertop and freezer composting (video)
Ask Umbra from Grist.org has some great tips on countertop and freezer (yes, freezer) composting methods and what you can do with that mini compost pile when it's ripe (in more ways than one) for the planting.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 2, 2010
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U.S. issues new rules on greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles
These new rules will now require all new vehicles -- starting with model years 2012 through 2016 -- to have a combined fuel economy average of 35.5 miles per gallon (250 grams of carbon dioxide per mile).
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 25, 2009
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Fighting global warming could reduce disease and save millions of lives (as well as the planet)
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 16, 2009
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The Green Community week in review: Greenwashed bamboo textile claims, best green trend in the Bay, and more
Read what you might've missed last week in the Green Community!
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Aug 12, 2009
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Cement companies designing greener processes
One of the largest producers of excess carbon dioxide -- the cement industry -- might get a green facelift in the next few years. Some new cement companies are looking to change the process significantly and either lower or counter their CO2 production.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jul 26, 2009
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The Green Community: Week in Review
Read articles from the Green Community that you might have missed last week!
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jul 24, 2009
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Make an impact on your health and the environment by reducing your beef consumption (video)
Learn how reducing your beef (or all meat, for that matter) consumption could make quite an impact on not only your health, but also on the environment. Hey, Paul McCartney is doing it.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jun 1, 2009
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Greenpeace comes to Tampa with bad news about Florida's emissions
Greenpeace reports that Florida emitted more global warming pollution per capita from 1960-2005 than 164 countries, including the UK, United Arab Emirates, and Denmark.
